Fred Roos

{{Short description|American film producer (1934–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Fred Roos

|image = Fred Roos at the CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser 2014 (15004607308).jpg

|alt = Roos in 2014

|caption = Roos in 2014

|birthname = Frederick Ried Roos

|birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|22}}

|birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|18|1934|5|22}}

|death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

|occupation = Film producer, casting director

|yearsactive = 1964–2024

}}

Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) was an American film producer and casting director. He was best known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement, particularly through his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Godfather: Part II (1974), with a second nomination for Apocalypse Now (1979).{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=May 21, 2024 |title=Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of ‘Godfather Part II’ and Casting Director of ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Megalopolis,’ Dies at 89 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/fred-roos-dead-godfather-2-megalopolis-1236009965/ |access-date=May 26, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Biography

Frederick Ried Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Fred-Roos.html Film Reference] He attended Hollywood High School and subsequently attended University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in theatre arts and motion pictures.{{cite book|last1=Babitz|first1=Eve|title=I Used To Be Charming|date=2019|publisher=New York Review of Books|isbn=9781681373799|location=New York|pages=39–40|chapter=All This and The Godfather Too|author-link1=Eve Babitz}}{{Cite book|last1=Welsh|first1=James M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3m5SrXs42YEC&q=%22fred+roos%22+%22hollywood+high%22&pg=PA221|title=The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia|last2=Phillips|first2=Gene D.|last3=Hill|first3=Rodney F.|date=2010-08-27|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7651-4|language=en}}

He started his career in television as a casting director for The Andy Griffith Show. Later, he produced most of Francis Ford Coppola's films subsequent to The Godfather, including Apocalypse Now and Youth Without Youth. Roos won the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Godfather Part II.

In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2007 |title=29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007) |access-date=2013-04-22 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421051129/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2007 |archive-date=2013-04-21}}

Roos died in Beverly Hills, California, on May 18, 2024, four days before his 90th birthday.{{Cite web |last=Sciences |first=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and |title=Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather Part II,' Dies at 89 |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/fred-roos-dead-at-89 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=A.frame |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/fred-roos-dead-francis-ford-coppola-godfather-producer-1235925291/|title=Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning 'Godfather Part II' Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89|website=Deadline|date=2024-05-21|access-date=2024-05-21}} His final film, Megalopolis, had held its world premiere two days prior at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-ovation-cannes-premiere-1235919402/ |title=Megalopolis Debuts at Cannes with 7-Minute Standing Ovation |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |last3=Bamigboye |first3=Baz |author3-link=Baz Bamigboye |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024}}

Filmography

= As producer (including co-producer and executive producer): =

class="wikitable" !Year !Title
rowspan="2" \|1974 !The Conversation
The Godfather Part II
rowspan="2" \|1979 !Apocalypse Now
The Black Stallion
1982 !One from the Heart
rowspan="2" \|1983 !The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
1984 !The Cotton Club
1987 !Barfly
1990 !The Godfather Part III
1994 !Radioland Murders
1999 !The Virgin Suicides
2003 !Lost in Translation
2006 !Marie Antoinette
2012 !The Story of Luke
2014 !St. Vincent
2018 !Benched
2019 !I'll Find You
2022 !5-25-77
2023 !Wonderwell
2024 !Megalopolis

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

rowspan="2" |1974

!The Conversation

The Godfather Part II

rowspan="2" |1979

!Apocalypse Now

The Black Stallion

1982

!One from the Heart

rowspan="2" |1983

!The Outsiders

Rumble Fish

1984

!The Cotton Club

1987

!Barfly

1990

!The Godfather Part III

1994

!Radioland Murders

1999

!The Virgin Suicides

2003

!Lost in Translation

2006

!Marie Antoinette

2012

!The Story of Luke

2014

!St. Vincent

2018

!Benched

2019

!I'll Find You

2022

!5-25-77

2023

!Wonderwell

2024

!Megalopolis

= As casting director =

class="wikitable" !Year !Title
1970 !Five Easy Pieces
1971 !Two-Lane Blacktop
rowspan="2" \|1972 !The Godfather
The King of Marvin Gardens
1973 !American Graffiti
2024 !Megalopolis

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

1970

!Five Easy Pieces

1971

!Two-Lane Blacktop

rowspan="2" |1972

!The Godfather

The King of Marvin Gardens

1973

!American Graffiti